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The way that justice is administered by the courts in any country directly affects the national spirit. Whether or not the spirit of enthusiasm, energy and cooperation prevails in a particular society...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 73 workers from the Orex Factory in Ekala, Jaela, Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully dismissed after the o...
That the practice of law is a devastated profession within the country is something all Sri Lankan lawyers will lament about. In fact, lawyers have very little impact when representing their clients, ...
A rather disturbing situation has arisen Sri Lanka in recent weeks. The Inspector General of Police has begun to openly challenge the National Police Commission (NPC), which is a constitutional body c...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information stating that the main suspect in the alleged rape incident of a female passenger in transit to Kuwait, at the Bandaranai...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal and disturbing case of rape of a 14 year-old girl in the town of Talawakelle. The young girl was ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the resolution adopted by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) to introduce a . BASL appointed a committee comprising a former chief justice and two forme...
SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and detention; Alleged torture; Post-custodial death; Police misconduct; Impunity; Rule of law ———————————...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has just received information on two cases of inhuman police torture committed separately by the Matara police and Hikkaduwa police. In the fir...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that a man, Manoj Thalis (26), was severely tortured by policemen attached to the Gokarella polic...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the incident of a Sri Lankan female passenger being raped by airport officers inside of the Bandarnayake International Airport in ...
SRI LANKA: Brutal torture; arbitrary arrest and detention; fabricated charges; threat and intimidation ——————————————...
SRI LANKA: Police misconduct; custodial torture; threat and intimidation, government inaction ———————————————&...
The Asian Human Rights Commissions (AHRC) inquiries reveal that no progress has thus far been made by officials investigating the attempted arson of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka he...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of our serious concern in relation to a Sri Lankan lawyer who has appeared for the complainants in many well-known human rig...
[RE: UP-32-2005: SRI LANKA: Please write a letter to the Attorney General to speed up Gerald Perera’s murder trial; UP-23-2005: Gerald Perera’s murder trial may not begin for another 5-7 y...
A Sri Lankan lawyer who has appeared for the complainants in many well-known human rights cases is facing grave threats to his security. Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama has been receiving telephone call...
SRI LANKA: Arson attack against Human Rights Commission headquarters; resistance against those fighting for victims of police crime; threat and intimidation ——————&...
SRI LANKA: Assault; threat and intimidation; right to education; inaction by the police and education authorities ————————————&#...
The AHRC is holding its advanced human rights study programme from October 9-14, 2005 in Hong Kong, at which participants from 10 nationalities will participate. To mark this occasion, the AHRC is lau...
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